User Reviews

jGnash 2.3 for Windows
Requires installation of Java 6.0 first. jGnash is run as a java command -- not added to your Start menu. Requires approving use of 8 software licenses. When you first start a project you have to "configure your database" (for a non-techy not user friendly language). Several UI items are not intuitive: E.g., when you are in an account and click "New" there is no visual feedback. Initial balance should be, but is not a property of accounts. Non-accountants may find the balance sheet orientation rather than bank account orientation off putting. I.e., in a bank account oriented system, you enter a transaction for an account and describe it with a category. In the balance sheet system, you enter a transaction into one account and and specify that it comes from/goes to another account, usually an expense account such as groceries. Autocomplete works okay, but not great. E.g., when you start to type in a payee, when the option is unique you'll be able to autocomplete the name, but no selection prior to uniqueness; the previous amount is filled in, but the account (expense category) is not made to match the previous transaction. When I entered a transaction, then modified it to split the expense categories, the modification seemed to be ignored. Presumably user error, but I could not intuit anything I was doing wrong. I created a security to test managing mutual funds, but after creating it could not see where it went and at this point decided not to pursue the review further.